How to Make Fairy Houses

How to Make a Fairy House

Dress up your garden by making some fun little fairy houses. Your kids will love this imaginative project! You can craft a single house or make an entire town. Most of the items needed to make these houses can be found lying around your yard. Follow these step-by-step instructions to create your own fairy house!

How to Make a Fairy House

Age Guideline: 8 Years and Up

Time Required: 60 minutes (Does not include drying time)

The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances.

Materials Needed:

Flat bases, such as piece of bark from tree.

Craft Sticks

Twigs, leave, or other wall items

Tiny stones, gravel etc for walk ways

Tiny dried flowers, bag of potpourri works great

Anything natural that you find outdoors

Wood glue

Spray varnish

Instructions:

Start by searching your yard for a large, flat base. You can make the initial wall structures out of craft sticks. Glue these onto the base. Choose item for walls, such as twigs or leaves, and use them to cover the outside of the craft stick walls. Use other items you find outside to create walkways, trees, flower beds, windows, antennas, gazing balls, swings, porches, little piles of fire wood. Just let your imagination go wild. Spray with varnish and you're done.